Little Artists, ages 5 to 7, colour, looking and artists
Big Artists, Little Artists
One idea from each of eight artists, from Klee’s wandering line to Hokusai’s wave.
- Level
- Easy
- Lessons
- 4 in 4 units
- Time
- 35 min of lessons
- Pace
- About three weeks
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Coming soon. The lessons in this course are still being made; the ones listed below are ready now.
The goal
What you’ll be able to draw
Meet artists from many times and places through one idea each, and use that idea in a picture of your own.
How you’ll see the progress
My favourite place at the start and again at the end, and the gallery wall.
Skills
- Colours
- Lines
- Filling the page
Pictures you’ll make
- My Gallery Wall Project
4 units, 4 lessons
The syllabus
Unit 1 is free for everyone, so you can see how it feels first.
- 2 then and now
- 1 checkpoint
- 1 project
- Free
Unit 1
Lines and dots
A line that goes for a walk, pictures made of dots, and swirling skies.
- 01 Then: My Favourite Place Then and now, 5 min Then and now 5 min
- 02 Show What You Learned Checkpoint, 5 min Checkpoint 5 min
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Unit 2
Shapes and patterns
Circles inside circles, star patterns and a big curling wave.
Lessons for this unit are on their way.
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Unit 3
Nature and celebration
Careful drawings of little lives, and a cheerful skeleton for a festival.
Lessons for this unit are on their way.
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Unit 4
My gallery
Your favourite idea from the course, in a new picture of your own.
- 01 My Gallery Wall Project, 20 min Project 20 min
- 02 Now: My Favourite Place Then and now, 5 min Then and now 5 min
When you finish
A certificate for the fridge
Finish every lesson and Lapis makes a certificate to print or download, with the nickname, the course, the date and a drawing from it. Children get one too.
Lapis certificate
Big Artists, Little Artists
finished by
your nickname
and the date you finish
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